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(14) Manure must be removed from the stable at least once each 

 day, and the tloois must be swept and kept free from dirt, rubbish 

 and decaying animal or vegetable matter. Such cleaning uiust not 

 be done during the milking hour nor within one hour prior to the 

 milking time. Manure when removed from the stable should be 

 drawn to the field. If this is not possible, it must be stored at a safe 

 distance from the stable and milk house, and in a place not accessible 

 to the dairy herd. 



(15) All liquid matter should be absorbed and removed daily, and 

 at no time should it be allowed to overflow or saturate the ground 

 under or around the cow barn or milk house. 



(16) It is recommended that the floors and gutters be sprinkled 

 daily with land plaster or phosphate rock. 



(17) All doors and windows should be well screened during fly 

 time. 



CARE OF THE COWS 



i'18j Each cow in the herd must be groomed daily, and no manure, 

 mud or filth allowed to lemain upon the tail, the flanks, udder or 

 belly during milking. 



(19) Long hairs must be clipped from the udder and flanks of the 

 cow. The hair on the tails must be cut so that the brush may be well 

 above the ground. 



(20) The udders and teats of the cow must be cleaned before milk- 

 ing, by being brushed, after which they must be wiped with a cloth 

 and warm water. 



(21 ) To prevent the cows from lying down and becoming dirty be- 

 tween the time of cleaning and the time of milking, a throat latch 

 of rope or chain must be fastened under the cow's neck. 



(22) Only food which is of good quality and free from dirt and 

 mould may be fed. Any food in a state of decomposition or putre- 

 faction must not be given. 



(23) All dairy cows should be turned out for exercise at least two 

 hours in each twenty-four in suitable weather. Exercise yards must 

 be free from manure and other filth. 



CONTROL OF DISEASE IN THE HERD 



(24) Cows having rheumatism, leucorrhoea, inflammation of the 

 uterus, severe diarrhoea, or disease of the udder, or, cows that 

 from any other cause may be a menace to the herd, shall be removed 

 from the herd, placed in a building separate from that which may be 

 used for the isolation of cows with tuberculosis, unless such build- 

 ing has been properly disinfected since it was last used for this 

 purpose. 



The milk from such coavs shall not be used, nor shall the cows be 

 restored to the herd until permission has been given by the inspector 

 after a careful physical examination. 



(25) In the event of the occurrence of any of the diseases just 

 described between the visits of the inspector, or if at any time a 

 number of cows become sick at one time in such a way as to suggest 

 the outbreak of a contagious disease or poisoning, it shall be the 

 duty of the dairyman to withdraw such sickened cattle from the 

 herd, to destroy their milk, and to notify the Dairy Herd Inspector 

 by telegraph or telephone immediately. 



